ADVISORY/Special Event: New Name for UCSF Aids Program and New Renovated Quarters At SFGHMC.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The UCSF UCSF University of California at San Francisco AIDS clinical service, based at San Francisco General Hospital San Francisco General Hospital is the main public hospital in San Francisco, California, and the only Level I Trauma Center serving San Francisco and San Mateo. The hospital budget is for only 302 beds at SFGH. Medical Center (SFGHMC SFGHMC San Francisco General Hospital Medical Center ), will announce its new name and show off its renovated outpatient quarters at a special open house this week. -0-
Media are Invited to Attend or Cover:
Open House (reception and refreshments)
Thursday, Oct. 15
5:30-7:30 p.m.
Building 80, Ward 86 (6th Floor)
San Francisco General Hospital Medical Center
995 Potrero Ave. (at 22nd St.)
San Francisco
-0- NEW NAME -- The new name of the comprehensive UCSF AIDS service is UCSF Positive Health Program, directed by Paul Volberding, MD, UCSF professor of medicine and oncology. The program operates in partnership with the Community Health Network, San Francisco's integrated health care integrated health care, n healthcare services combining the best of conventional and complementary health care. delivery system. "Our new name reflects the dramatic changes in our field and in the services we provide. Many people are living with HIV HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), either of two closely related retroviruses that invade T-helper lymphocytes and are responsible for AIDS. There are two types of HIV: HIV-1 and HIV-2. HIV-1 is responsible for the vast majority of AIDS in the United States. who don't have AIDS, and we also care for patients with cancer and blood disorders who don't have HIV. Our approach to all our patients is, indeed, very positive," said Volberding. There are two outpatient units. The outpatient service at San Francisco General is now called the Positive Health Practice at SFGHMC. The medical director is John Stansell, MD, UCSF associate professor of medicine. Formerly known as Ward 86 or the UCSF/SFGH AIDS Clinic, this service is located at 995 Potrero, 6th floor. Patients can reach the service at 415/476-0828. The outpatient service at UCSF Medical Center The UCSF Medical Center at Parnassus Heights and Mount Zion in San Francisco, California are the major research and medical teaching hospitals of the University of California, San Francisco. It has been ranked as the 7th-best overall medical center in the United States by U.S. , a part of UCSF Stanford Health Care, is now called the Positive Health Practice at UCSF. Located at 400 Parnassus, 4th Floor, this service previously was named the UCSF AIDS Clinic. The phone number for patient consultations is 415/476-6027. MODERNIZATION PROJECT -- The renovation on the 6th Floor of Building 80 at SFGHMC represents a two-year, $200,000 makeover designed to improve the efficiency of outpatient care activities and to make the area more pleasant for all visitors and staff. A major addition to the floor is an information resource center for HIV/AIDS HIV/AIDS Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome patients, cancer patients, and caretakers. Named the Constance B. Wofsy Educational Center, this special unit is equipped with print and video informational materials and a computer terminal for on-line searches. Major donors to the modernization project through the San Francisco General Hospital Foundation are the Academy of Friends, Christmas in April, Herbst Foundation, and HOPE Worldwide. Major donors through the Until There's A Cure Foundation are the San Francisco Giants The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in San Francisco, California that currently play in the National League West Division. New York Giants history Early days and the John McGraw era and Coopers & Lybrand. |
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